That the credibility of a cheque has eroded over the last few years is no secret. The Law Commission’s 213th report on the Fast Track Magisterial Courts for Dishonoured Cheque Cases reports over 38 lakh (3.8 million) cases relating to the dish ..
Signature in a language which is ordinarily not used by a person does not make the will bogus, the Bombay High Court has held while validating the document. The will in question was of Melwani, a Sindhi by birth, and was signed in Gurumukhi, her m ..
The High Court of Calcutta on Thursday allowed film producer Sajid Nadiadwala of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment to use the remixed version of the song 'Apni toh jaise taise' in his comedy flick, ‘Housefull’, subject to several conditio ..
To maintain and improve the legal standards of India, a consensus has been reached between the Supreme Court of India, Ministry of Law and Bar Council of India (BCI) to conduct a bar examination for fresh law graduates. Only the successful candidate ..
A company cannot enter into an arbitration agreement even before it is formally registered under the Companies Act, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled in the case, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation vs Pampa Hotels Ltd. However, the promoters ..
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court held that a petition for annulment of marriage between spouses who solemnize their marriage under their personal laws following Hindu rites and traditions in Goa can be transferred to a court outside the st ..
Print this Story Email this Story Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court yesterday filed his reply to the inquiry panel of the Council of States. 58 members had moved a motion to impeach the judge on the basis of a recommendation by the ..
Law students and aspiring law candidates have a lot to look forward to this academic year. The institution of the new National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL) in Jharkhand, the 12th national law university, comes as a boon to aspirin ..
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan that his suggestions on amendments to the Right to Information Act will be looked into by the Law Minister. Dr. Singh was responding to a letter written by Justice Ba ..
The Quattrocchi component of the Bofors pay-off case in Supreme Court was given a burial on Tuesday with the court asking an advocate to withdraw his PIL questioning defreezing of the Italian businessman's bank account in London. The PIL filed ..